Eleanor yawned stretched and sat up in bed. Oh yes! Sweet sweet sleep. She looked to her bedside alarm clock, turned to yawn again and froze mid yawn. She slowly turned back to her clock. 10:54am. Oh no! No no no no no. How? She set the time to-
"You're finally awake" Anna, her 16 year old sister slid open her door poked her head in"Anna, I.... Wait! Did you sneak into my room this morning?"Anna blinked in feigned innocence "Well.... Come down for breakfast!" and ran off"Ugh! Anna!" Eleanor ran for the bathroom. She was gonna be late! Her flight was by 12:00pm. She had been staying at her family's house for three days already because her place was further from the airport. Sweet fudge, she couldn't miss her flight! She quickly brushed her teeth and ran in for a bath. While she bathed, she couldn't help but think about the dream she'd had earlier. The same dream, over and over again, for three days straight. She'd finalized her trip to Oregon three days ago and boom, freaky dreams. What was weird was that, whenever the dreams came, she was all into them. Like she couldn't remember that she had dreamt the exact same dream before. It all felt new. The horror... The peace... The sweat. It was honestly a surprise that she was able to go back to sleep afterwards. She exhaled and stepped out of the bathroom. It was probably her excited nerves. Yeah. That's what it was. She slipped into a pair of ash coloured jeans, a thick black singlet, threw her black leather jacket over it, slapped on her brown ugg boots and tried to force her unruly, ebony black curls into a rubber band which was almost impossible as some curls still slipped out. She gave up and went on to fold her minions night gown into her already packed box, and ran out of the room."There she is" Her father, Simon Starr said as she bent for him to kiss her cheek"Good morning dad. Anna!" She slapped the back of her head "what have I told you about tampering with my alarm clock?!""Ouch! Mom! She hit me" Anna poutedLaura Starr gave Anna a chiding look and turned to Eleanor with her arms wide open. Eleanor moved to embrace her mom"Good morning, Mom""Buon Giorno, tesoro! Oh Ella, Your hair. Why don't I do something about it for you?"Ella wiggled out of her mom's hold"Grazie mamma, but i can't""Why? You look like a horse ran over your head"Anna snickered and Eleanor shot her a scowl"Let me help you" Laura continued"Mom. Really, I can't. Thank you but I have to go now.""Now?! Ma non hai Ancora fatto colazione!" (But you haven't had breakfast yet""I'm sorry Mom. Maybe I would have, if someone had not tampered with my alarm clock" Ella said, slowly sliding her eyes to Anna who just blew her a kissLaura pouted making Eleanor feel bad. Her mom was so cute! Honestly! With her beautiful thick black hair, brownish skin and petite frame, you'd admire her from behind but once you came around and saw her face, you literally sunk in. So beautiful, with the brightest smile. Her Italian lineage was obvious."You are one lucky bean, dad" Ella commented. Laura rolled her eyes and Simon smirked. Ella and Anna had the same hair color, just Ella's hair was a lot more frizzier and whilst people called her all kinds of sexy because of it, she thought herself all around the place because of it."Ella-""Mamma, per favore, not now. I have to go. My flight is by 12:00pm."Laura looked like she was about to say something else but Simon stepped in."Sparkle, come on. Let her go"Laura's face fell as she sighed "Fine but as soon as you return, you come right back to your mamma, okay""Yes, Ma'am. I love you" she hugged her mom. Kissed her father's cheek and hugged Anna, whilst exchanging I love you's and Calling a cab. She was out of the house and on her way to the airport in fifteen minutes. She got to the airport on time, thank God, and checked in her suitcase. While the plane took off, she couldn't help but grow excited. She was going to a new place. Yes, it was for some scoop but she just loved traveling. Even though it was what she would call a conditional travel, being as her boss and the owner of Black and You magazine, Mr. Maxwell Black had said "Come up with something fresh in three months or you're fired", she still sat back and enjoyed the travel. Who knows, maybe she could come up with something good enough to get a vacation.... If ever her boss opened his eyes to the light and kindness of the lord, that is. She chuckled as she imagined him being blinded by heavenly light as he wept about the joy of salvation. Nope. He wasn't a pretty crier. She laughed and relaxed in her seat. "Forgive me, Lord"For the duration of the flight, she tried to make a mental list of places she had already researched on, restaurants to try out, the hotel she was going to be staying at, how long it would take to come up with something. Not more than 3 months, definitely. Then, how long it would take her to swallow her disgust and call her boss. Again, not more than 3 months. After making sure her brain and work schedule were on the same wavelength, she decided to take a nap but ah, the boogie monster of her brain decided to shake his behind and fart up some ideas. Out of nowhere, she imagined Abraham Lincoln in black pantyhose and almost threw up in her mouth, therefore attracting the attention of one of the air hostesses. Definitely not a safe train of thought. Her mind went from talking potatoes to imagining one direction as a rock band.She grimaced. No. The product of a pterodactyl mating with a moose? Woah.... Slightly uncomfortable but still... Cool. That would be one heck of a baby to push out though. Her thoughts were giving her a headache. She looked out the window and sighed.It was gonna be a long flight.
Two hours and forty five minutes later, she landed in Orlando's airport. She looked around with a bright smile on her face as she took in the people and children. She felt a step closer to accomplishment. Yes, she felt anxious and excited.... Definitely more excited than anxious, but nothing was in her way. Sure her rubber band had broken in the plane and her hair had come down long and heavy and was Currently trying to blind her, nothing else, was in her way. With a bounce in her step, She got her bag and walked out of the airport. It really was a great sight. The fresh air, sun high in the sky, the smell of something hot.... Was that lasagna?!? Her mouth watered. Ugh! No Eleanor. You can't eat now.... Wait, Why not? It was like a normal lunch break, right? Besides, she didn't get to eat breakfast. She crossed over and went into Marcello's restaurant. The aroma flirted with her senses."Hello, fine Lady." A Chef wearing a chef's apparel greeted her. She smiled."Hello, Si
Eleanor yawned and rubbed her eyes. She had fallen asleep. She looked to her wrist watch and it was 6:27pm. She'd been in the cab with Carl for over an hour, which was a lot longer than she'd thought she was going to be in a cab for. She inhaled, exhaled and looked to the rearview mirror, hoping to send a smile to Carl but his eyes were focused on the road... Sheesh... Antisocial much? Speaking of road, where the flipping stones were they? She scooted over to be closer to the window and looked outside. All she saw was.... A jungle. Bright green, yellow, faded brown and all bunch of colours made up the vegetation."Woah" she gazed at everything in awe. Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful. The scenery was picture worthy. Vast untamed nature, all around her. She looked back to Carl"This forest... It leads to Lake Creek? I'm surprised there is a cleared path to drive-" she was thrown back into her seat as the car came to an abrupt stop. "Oof! A warning would have been n
That voice. The way her body went still in shock, with her heart fighting to break clean out of her body, only one voice was able to do that to her. She listened intently with her eyes closed and allowed herself to sigh out in relief when she heard nothing at all. It was probably all in her head... Or a dream again. She subtly pinched herself. Pain. She felt pain. It wasn't a dream. Okay.... Okay then. Not a dream. She let her body unfurl and slowly took air in. She gripped the handle of her suitcase and, after giving her over active imagination a Stern talking-to, took a step."Humans. How amusing"She gasped and a cold sweat broke out all over her naked skin. No"Remember me, sweetheart?"No"How do you say it, has a cat got your tongue?"She gripped her head and breathed hard "Stop" she whispered"What are we stopping, dear?""No. Stop it, Eleanor. Stop it""A very pretty name"She gripped her head harder. Her temples cried out in
He stood at the base of the bed, observing the Olive skin coloured, black haired beauty who still hadn't regained consciousness after 4 days. He had decided to take a walk when he'd seen her. The one time he decides to walk outside the forest, he comes back with an unconscious lady. Why did he have to come back with her? He didn't actually but he wanted to. He could have ignored it. Could have ignored that smell but.... He just couldn't. She smelt of two things and those things were what attracted him. The first smell was pungent.... Like ashes, hell's heat and gut, and there was only one species that produced such smell and even at that, only a select number of them.The second smell was faded but he caught it. It was something he'd only ever heard of, described by some, but he'd never smelt it himself.... Never seen him, himself..... Forest, salty water and decomposing flesh. Judging by the wounds on her, she'd been through a lot but the question was, how was she alive? WHY w
Eleanor hobbled over to the bathroom and her mouth dropped open in shock. Not what she was expecting. She hobbled back into the room to examine it. She hadn't actually looked at it before but now, it was beautiful. Huge king sized bed in the middle with little tables and lamps around it, a black comforter draped over it and a plush material around the massive head board. A huge set of spacious wardrobes took up the right side of the room and on the left side, a wide smooth oak table took up residence beside the window and the window! With a lovely white window-sill, it was huge, with the bottom of the window sitting just a few feet away from the ground, barely reaching her waist, providing a vast view of the forest. Wow! Some drawers at the other end of the room opposite the bed and a few chairs around the room, completed a very nice looking room with the main colours being black, white and the occasional brown and dark blue. Very lovely! In the middle of nowhere! She hobbled back t
"Did I really smell that bad?"He nodded."Well..... Maybe it's because I ran""No.""What?""It's not because you ran.""And how would you know that?""How did you get here?""Do your emotions determine the colour of your eyes?"He exhaled in annoyance and she blinked up sweetly at him. "Yes.""You don't have a lot of friends, do you?""How did you get here?""How or why?""Eleanor." He warned"You aren't clear with your questions." She hopped off the chair and began to limp around the kitchen"Walk me through everything about you being here."She picked up a tomato and bit into it. He rose a brow at her and she smiled "Sorry. Bad habit. Okay," she sat. "I came here because of work-" all amusement left his face and his eyes resumed their sharp green colour"What work?""I'm a writer for a magazine in New York called Black and You and my job was on the line so I came here.""I'm Sorry, Bla
"Are houses like this scattered all over the woods? This is amazing!" Eleanor stated, in awe of the house in front of her. It was a beautiful bungalow with the roof painted a lovely brick red, the walls painted white and the window trimmings, mud brown. It was huge! In the middle of nowhere! Andreas walked them up the porch steps, gently placed her down in front of the door and pressed a small white button right beside it. Eleanor's brows rose. She definitely hadn't seen that. A small rectangular set up protruded out of the wall and he rose the covering. A small screen, key pad and finger print scanner presented itself. Her eyes widened. Andreas pushed a few buttons and a double beeping sound was heard. He took Eleanor's hand, placed her thumb on the scanner, a few moments later, it double beeped and the keypad and screen retreated, leaving only the scanner. It beeped again and the door came open. Andreas watched Eleanor eyes dart from him, to the scanner, to the door, repeat cycle.
Eleanor had refused to tell Andreas about her dream, no matter how much he'd asked. She just refused. Did she have a reason? Not really, but why didn't she tell him? No reason either she just..... didn't."I want to go to a library. My map showed that there's one not too far from here. Take me, please?"He observed her for a while, then sighed and nodded, then went to take a bath. After a while of waiting, she rose a brow when he finally appeared.... Mystery man knew how to dress. Black jeans, a deep navy blue coloured T-shirt that looked painted on over those muscles... He must be a devotee of the gym, a brown leather jacket and a pair of black combat boots. He had his hair up in a man bun and she stared at his beautifully carved face as he focused on fastening a watch onto his wrist."Stop staring." He casually stated and walked for the door. She followed and had to swallow when she caught a whiff of him. He was HOT! What kind genes did he have?! Probably not even Z